1934
Rex
2012
Rex Wood
July 16, 1934 — December 18, 2012
Rex Wood
Rex Guthrie Wood, 78, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. His memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 21at the D.W. Newcomer's Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf.
Rex was born July 16, 1934 in Caddo, Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1957 with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, and worked for Black & Veatch Engineers, where he retired after 36 years of service. He was also a graduate of the Command and General staff College in Leavenworth, KS, retiring with the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve. For the past several years he has been a realtor with Reece & Nichols.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jan; his son Glenn Charles (known to Rex as "Charlie"), and his wife LeAnn Gish Wood, of Houston, TX, and his daughter, Leslie Lynn Wood, of Overland Park; his brother David Wood, of Overland Park, KS; and sisters Lynda Brown, and her husband Harry, of Dayton, OH, and Diane Wood, of Caddo, OK; and three grandsons Brian, Kevin, and Ethan Wood, of Houston, TX who knew him as "granddad."
Rex was a good, honorable man, who will be greatly missed by his friends and family.
The family requests donations to the Wayside Waifs 3901 Martha Truman Road Kansas City, MO 64137 in lieu of flowers.
Rex Guthrie Wood, 78, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. His memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 21at the D.W. Newcomer's Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf.
Rex was born July 16, 1934 in Caddo, Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1957 with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, and worked for Black & Veatch Engineers, where he retired after 36 years of service. He was also a graduate of the Command and General staff College in Leavenworth, KS, retiring with the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve. For the past several years he has been a realtor with Reece & Nichols.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jan; his son Glenn Charles (known to Rex as "Charlie"), and his wife LeAnn Gish Wood, of Houston, TX, and his daughter, Leslie Lynn Wood, of Overland Park; his brother David Wood, of Overland Park, KS; and sisters Lynda Brown, and her husband Harry, of Dayton, OH, and Diane Wood, of Caddo, OK; and three grandsons Brian, Kevin, and Ethan Wood, of Houston, TX who knew him as "granddad."
Rex was a good, honorable man, who will be greatly missed by his friends and family.
The family requests donations to the Wayside Waifs 3901 Martha Truman Road Kansas City, MO 64137 in lieu of flowers.
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